Shorter Course in AlgebraGinn & Company, 1888 - 250 páginas |
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2ab+b² a+b+c a²+2ab+b² a²b² ab² ab³ arithmetical mean arithmetical series called cents change the sign coefficient Complete the square contain cube root decimal difference digits dividend divisible divisor Extract the root feet Find the H. C. F. Find the number Find the value geometrical geometrical series greater number Hence highest common factor leaps means miles minute-spaces in arc MONOMIALS multiplicand Multiply negative number nth root number is expressed number of dollars number of minute-spaces number of terms numbers whose product polynomial pounds quadratic equation quotient ratio Reduce remainder Resolve into factors result second term side Simplify smaller number solution Solve the equation square root Subtract surds twice units unknown quantity x²y² x³y
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Página 4 - Find two numbers such that, when the greater is divided by the less, the quotient is 4, and the remainder 3 ; and when the sum of the two numbers is increased by 38, and the result divided by the greater of the two numbers, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 2," is much simplified by the use of letters to represent the unknown numbers.
Página 149 - The sum of the two digits of a number is 6, and if the number be divided by the sum of the digits the quotient is 4.
Página 224 - ... 16. There are two roads from A to B, one of them 14 miles longer than the other ; and two roads from B to C, one of them 8 miles longer than the other. The distance from A to B is to the distance from B to C, by the shorter roads, as 1 to 2 ; by the longer roads, as 2 to 3.
Página 138 - Find the value of one of the unknown quantities, in terms of the other and known quantities...
Página 53 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.
Página 28 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.
Página 58 - Any term may be transposed from one side of an equation to the other provided its sign be changed.
Página 37 - The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is equal to the difference of their squares.
Página 37 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.
Página 127 - A sets out and travels at the rate of 7 miles in 5 hours. Eight hours afterwards B sets out from the same place and travels in the same direction, at the rate of 5 miles in 3 hours. In how many hours will B overtake A ? 41.